Coleman, who was named first team All-Pac-10 this season, racked up 82 tackles, led the conference in interceptions with seven, forced three fumbles, and was a valuable special teams contributor for the Cougars. The Spokane, Wash., native served as WSU's defensive captain.

Dunning, who was named first team All-America by The Sporting News Tuesday, also earned honorable mention from SI.com. Dunning capped a record-setting career at WSU by hitting 27 of 30 field goal attempts this season, breaking his own single season scoring mark by tallying 114 points. Dunning will leave the Palouse as the school's all-time leading scorer, already having eclipsed Jason Hanson's career mark of 328 points by six.

SI.com named Oklahoma quarterback Jason White college football's player of the year and LSU's Nick Saban the national coach of the year.